The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1887-12-06
Opium and Liquor Licenses

Opium and Liquor Licenses
Nv se1t l.. e. Governments have no rightto
make laws 0r 90 anything that viii tempt
mex to SIN 0- cacSs them - su6er.
We have az least two coGss Of laws 80 to
speak applicable 10 these Islands
Isl Tbe Eawdiitn Lsws founded upon the
Co2sSiturioa. rnads 6y man, snd more or less
Imperfect
81 ms moral constitution. nSGe BY The
Grea. Eat1s-. wbic1 = perfect. aud the laws
ct aLl ustrJuS are u1ore % less toGECs0 upon
taiS psrfecs Constitution
Tbs law OF God >1ocId De our rule OF
sc,f11. Ib5s Is the Law for wEica we plead
Tbs>e PRINCIPLES have 2Ixsys existed since
man occupied TIE earth lEsy Se-e As bind
IN. .upoa the 1ut56fluvI4uS - upon tne Jews.
anG they are obligatory upon Is v can
c1ecslve OF 10 LCGIvlluai ~ nation tltt can
violate these priuclpl5S With lr-puuity- Ire
IxE lS ~ e-erual l-C uucdsn-,-,io-s aS the
Creator. AMI sl -Le .aas Of mar which II
their ustErs ts-Er- Co >lu and Er0rS syu l--ic
.1lse-y among u5l. S10ulI oe rSpsa1sG, &S
S-ch ! contrary % this perfect law
- et Is reason together. That OplCn duI
Scroae CrIuk tempt men % Slu uuc crsl-ss
rro-e suffering aU1Jlg men r1'tu all otGer II
GulEenceS. rsC ulreS bat little proof 4 refeE-
ence 70 the police and oCEsr criminal court
6ockstS. ard the Gsu1OrallL=d men and the
scattered Oysr NI lands. should oe s1EncIsnt
proof Men and gOysrumsnts have power 20
% wronE. but 10 right 10 do wrong. In6ir
Cbliratious 70 themselves. 90 mankind and
70 God are 70 do right. IL It can De proven
rhat selling opium Srd liquor licenses Il not
DONG wrong and It's cOuSeq Usnees tempting
10 SIN. which causes much S1HeEInE, We VIII
sekroELedge that We are wrong. when Il L
proven
The Catholic Church few centuries ago
S0l5 SIN =. IcGulselces 70 raise money. but
IT, sDurusIsy Of the slu II selling S1ea
l.--EutgeEces oPSzl~u the eses or tne
opte and brocght On the Reformation
.-Ich bdAst the Church Gsuudsr- Nov,
peo7ls 9th ia the Church and out OF the
Cbzrcb yOuGer tog II Vas possible that the
minds Jf ulsu aO1ld De 50 darksnsd As 10
permit the sale Of IuduIssDceS aS long IS
tsev di6. being nov - fall convinced that
the Church had no right TO -n . wlcked
thing. although >le eltlusO rle power 10 %
as she pleased
Tst Ee have II this p-ufssssd enlightened
18th century. CttholIc and Protestant
chcrcEss-C aCho-uc and Protestant govern
Lreuts selling -IuGulzeucsS OF cOCSeucI1z
t1ereto. shlls the gvII inflicted Epou man
kind bv these @Indul geuCss -Opluu and
llIZo- lceESeS-ars 30 enormous N thelr con
sequences that the church -In6ulgences
Sink INTO irSizuiEcarce BY e0u1psrtsou-
Tns GayS vii co1le 10 doubs- that eullgdt-
eue6 nan vii look back UpOu this gelerlrlOl
IS the dArk szeS. when the 0Cly pcOfessed
ChrISziskr chcreh sold S5u -InGElgenees
and govern nertS sold .-InduLEe1css 10 deal
II epi1u and rEu. and powerful nation
forced 0pIGn upon four hundred million OF
people AZ tie canCOu1s mouth
They viii look Epuu these things and with
the sane disgust and wonder - We nov look
back Epon the sin Of indulgence license OF
Great Britain f0Ecfng opium upon the
Chiness
L teok 8 long tine TO couyines Christian
nations that the church had 10 rights 10 sell
sin S1lEencss7 s1c Il VIII take 3 Sill
longer tine 10 cunTInse mankind that neither
governments. states. eoUutles OF cities have
q night 70 sell Cpf1u o. liquor OF license %
seu them OF any other license that rsDpts
uasn to Sin- as sel6Sbnsss OF greed Tor the
sImighty dollar and 0the- UnbrIdlsd sppe-
tI1es stiU exist n fcE force IL nay Dc
asked. sa0GE they not exercise rights and
privileges pEt into their Gan1sr les esr-
taicly. bot I 6E1y thsIE ever having such
rights legally Zranted 70 thsE- Let Is rea-
s01- From WHOM DO these governing E1thOr-
ines obtsIn these claimed r-Eb-s. EO1 say
-TrDE the peOuLs Ot cr1rSe- a. e20TerIEleElrs
possess ard exercise poEsEs BY the consent
Of TIE coFsrrsi Just -. Let NE again
ask
Whsu I'D one citizen have the right to sell
4 rum u opi1m license % a10therl f01
say never. All Eight II the cItlLsES then
don't possess this right how ean they co1-
FsT II TO the Goverunlent Z S1reIy n1mbers
cant he Urged II rs favor. a. however NJ
ueruGS nO-hIuGs may be. Ia nzE5er OF them
can poesI5ly make 4 soulethInG. IL 10 one
possesses the right. thousands ot such can't
confer upoc the G-1FerunIens rights they
dou't pUsssss- Il : a vel established fact
that principal cant cuufsr upon sGborJl-
nate rights be 1C1't possess E0r grzCtDr
cuuTeF rights and powers upou 4 grzztss
which he does ass possess C0usSItutl0Cs. cOr-
pcrasicus. puVers Of attorney. deeds leases,
etc. couvsy uEshi1g which their makers did
Eot possess
So Es rsason that ss the church hss6 10
right to sell sln Iu6zlZeucss. and the irdi-
vIfzsl citizen had ID right to sell Opf1E1 and
Ec1or licenses. II fact 10 night I'd do =
wrong surely be has never conveyed that
rizh+ 10 his GsJFernusnrs and Governments
rhat Do sell 0uizu and h91or heenses to
raise uonsF, zrz assuming rights they 6OG's
possess
Gozgznuentz should be as fzthers to the
pecple-s cCnSelrz than wisely. TEACHING D
prseept and example. directing al n the path
Cf rizhte01suesE- leading not into tempta-
tl1u- bot delivering from evil etc
What grearsE ten pcatl5z car be lad before
mar tr tEups him ID siu than opI1m and
ruus : - licensing their sale Is q ErU1E- 4
SIN that No Government las night %
e1uuE-
Thls throEI1z 0pen the food gates OF VICE
hF the G7Eerumsnr leads I1to evil instead Of
--sssizTerIzg from eFI ss Il their dIty ID do
aEE5ry tTss Is kE1wn by its fruits, II and every
tree thar brIngeth not forth good fruit vii
Be ksEu down
Lock at the OLD GoFsrumsEt that vas
EEzn 61zu hecazse L EIeIdsd only bIttEE
fruits. We nov have far prospect f0r
eCTErnneut that zII bear good fruits If Z
does L VII stand, r ros 4 VII also Be EsEu
down, ."az rIghzEoCSresE eLzIrEth 4 nation
No nzticu or people have right % sz1s
aItnauEh they have the power Al LICENSES